KEEN Utility Men's PTC Slip-On 2 Kitchen Food Service Chef Shoe

I love Keen footwear. I've probably owned 12 or 15 over the years. Everything from sandals to non slip kitchen shoes to hiking boots to winter boots. They're always true to size, and they wear great. I bought one pair of kitchen shoes and they had a seam that rubbed me bad. Gave them to a coworker who still wears them. The only thing bad I could say is the insoles seem to wear out fast. Those are replaceable. Love the toe guard on all their shoes. I'll buy them over and over again.UPDATE: I've worn them for 2 days around home and the leather is already cracking, or appears to be. This does not bode well for the life of the shoe. Comfy as hell, though. Will try them at work tomorrow.Update: 10/29/22. Been wearing these for 10 hours a day, 5 days a week, in a harsh kitchen environment. On my feet that whole time. Since I got these broken in, I haven't worn either of my other kitchen shoes. Love em. What I initially thought was going to be a failure in the leather uppers has turned out to just be creasing, and I live in a very dry environment. The soles have lost some of their slip resistant pattern, becoming smooth around the balls of my feet, and there's a little fraying of the sole beginning to show on one side. All to be expected after hundreds of hours of hard use. What brought me to edit this review is that I'm about to buy another pair. Beautiful, clean design, super durable, and super easy to clean and keep looking professional. This will be my kitchen work shoe as long as they keep making them, and probably for years after. My SAS, which cost twice as much, have sat in my locker for over a year unused. Nuff said.

I'm a registered nurse, on my feet for huge swathes of time during the day. Good footwear is a key to having a good day. I'd always liked the idea of clogs but had a disastrous trial with a pair of Crocs (not enough arch support lead to horrendous foot pain) and I couldn't quite bring myself to test-driving Danskos (expensive!). I'd had great success with a pair of Keen hiking shoes, so I decided to take advantage of Amazon's "Try Before You Buy" program. Needless to say, I kept them and am so happy.The first few try-ons will feel very tight just getting into the shoe (but not over-tight when on). Don't worry -- a few days of wear will help them break in to your foot. Since then, slipping in and out of these puppies is a snap, but I've never had any concerns about security when wearing them. They comfortably hug my feet while providing hiking-shoe quality support -- a total win in my line of work. The soles are supposedly designed as "no-slip", and while I haven't actually slipped, I wouldn't say they're off-the-charts grippy, either. The grip is on par (possibly slightly better) with the court shoes I've been using for years.Overall, the comfort and support these shoes provide is what sets them apart. I'm very pleased to have such a great shoe at a good price.

As a professional chef, I’m always on the lookout for a comfortable, durable shoe for those long hours spent on my feet in the kitchen, navigating wet greasy floors.These shoes are super comfortable so far (second full day in).They appear to be well made, but I am a little concerned about the hard shell heel piece getting crushed because you really have to push hard to get your foot into these. Size wise, next time I will go a half size bigger than I normally wouldWhere they fall way short is in what should be the easiest part of the shoe to get right: the non skid sole. Even the cheapo work shoes from the big box stores have good non slip soles. With these, I feel like I’m on skates every time I walk into the dish pit.If the soles were nice and non slip, I’d rate these 5 stars. Do better, Keen.EDIT 9/7/2022: credit where credit is due. 2 weeks in, the soles have broken in and hit their stride. They are super grippy. Best chef shoe I’ve had in my 30+ year culinary career. Buy these.

I used these shoes 60 hours a week for 5 months and they are still extremely comfortable. I didn't experience a breaking-in period other than the leather stretching. My only real complaint is the "slipiness" of the sole. Other colleagues agree on the Keen sole; they get a C- in slip resistance. The shoes have really stretched out and the front still looks good after this much use, but the back looks like I walk on them like they're clogs and now take a bit of work to get on because the back falls down under my heel when I try and put them on, I need a shoe horn! They're just bent and softened from putting them on so much. I feel like I bought the right size because they were snug the first couple of weeks, fit excellent for that middle couple of months, but now are loose around my foot because they continue to stretch. They are a medium weight, definitely heavier than crocs but not nearly so heavy and clunky as most of the clogs from other well-known restaurant and nursing brands. I just left my position in the restaurant but if I buy non-slips again I will return to the Birkenstock clogs that lasted me 5 years! I can deal with genuine leather stretching so improving the slip resistant sole would definitely get this a 5-star rating.